Speaking
Through my role as an Engineering Manager and a non-profit leader, I’ve spoken at Brown University, Smith College, Wellesley College, Northwestern University, Lesbians Who Tech, DevFirst Tech Leadership Conference, Women in Tech Online Festival, AnDevCon, Amazon, General Assembly, and Tech Ladies. I’d love to speak at your next event!
Want to watch one of my talks? Here’s the recording from Creating a Technical Roadmap.
Changing the Story of Retention in Tech
Is your company hiring women into entry level roles, but wondering why your senior roles remain homogenous? Is retention a buzzword you mention occasionally in meetings without a clear path forward? Without growing and retaining early-career women at your company, your company’s diversity numbers are never going to shift. In this talk we’ll discuss best practices for retaining employees throughout fostering growth and mobility and how to adapt to your company.
Attendees will walk away understanding:
How to identify their company’s top retention challenges
3 approaches to address early career challenges
How to retain employees through change
Target Audience: Managers, Leaders, and Allies who recognize the importance of retention and are motivated to create change.
Changing Your Story in Tech
Are you feeling stuck in tech and not sure you have a future in the industry? Are you tired of dealing with microaggressions at work or a difficult manager? You are not alone. My first five years in tech I constantly wondered if I could make it in the industry and doubted I would ever find a team where I felt like I belonged, but everything changed for me when I found my community. We’ll cover how to find your community, articulate the change you want, and take that powerful step to find your place in tech. The right team and the right manager is out there for everyone. You have the power to change your story.
Attendees will walk away understanding:
The value they bring to the organization and their worth
Key elements of their ideal team and role and how to identify those in the meantime
Techniques for managing your manager and transforming your team.
Target Audience: Early career women in tech who feel discouraged or are unsure about their future in tech.
Building your Story
What’s your tech story? What are the hard moments you’ve overcome, your biggest lessons learned, the moments you’ll never forget from your career? Often times we keep our story to ourselves. We’re embarrassed. We’re not sure who will care or if our story matters. But when we open up and share, we have the power to create community, to help others connect the dots, and to grow our influence. Through stories we can mentor, we can self-advocate, and we can create change. Learn how to confidently share your story in the workplace.
Attendees will walk away understanding:
Why their story matters
Techniques for writing out and sharing stories
3 Key stories they can share with others
How to apply stories to mentorship, reviews, promotion docs, interviewing, etc.
Target Audience: Women in Tech
Inclusive Tech : Retaining Diverse Talent
Watch my course with LinkedIn Learning. This course explores best practices for leaders to increase retention in tech. Learn why women and underrepresented minorities are often relegated to non-promotable work, how to counteract bias when giving feedback, how to retain high performers through times of change, and how to increase psychological safety in the workplace.